Kolek planning to go pro
Am I too much of a homer if I think it was more about getting guys rest and preventing injury than tanking?
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
If they did though, they would have ended up in the 4 seed which puts them up against the 1 seed in the second round. It also likely means never having home court advantage after round 1, whereas the Bucks could have home court advantage in round 2 if the Nets pull off the upset.Thirdly, they would have ended up playing Toronto in round one. There is some speculation that there is at least one unvaccinated player of note on the Celtics which would have put them in a bind for the games in Toronto.
Ja Morant is good player, but at this point I wouldn't say he's top 20. I'd say 30-40 but rising.Luka is top 10. Trae Young top 20 based on last year but could go either up or down a little.Herro maybe top 200.
Updating my player ratings after the season:Luka is pushing towards the top 5, but I have him 6th. Giannis, Jokic, Embiid, Durant, and Lebron are my top 5.Ja Morant made a leap to the top 20. I can see the argument for him being top 10, but he missed a lot of games and the Grizzlies still won a bunch without him. I'll say 15th for now but still ascending.Trae Young had a strong year individually but the Hawks as a team didn't progress. I'll put him just inside the top 15, up a few spots from the start of the year.Tyler Herro made a big jump, upping his usage and maintaining his efficiency. Still a bit streaky as a scorer and not a great defender. I'll move him into the top 100, but not top 75.
I don't know how Lebron makes the top 5. His stats look good, because he was stat hunting. If you watched his games, he often sat around doing nothing on defense, often didn't even both trying to get back, and then would look for his stats on offense. Yes, he still had some all world games, but largely he put up big numbers on a bad team (of his design) by stat hunting. Another player putting up his same stats on a lottery team would be disregarded as best player on a bad team.
Where you got my guy, LaMelo ... and my other guy, Miles Bridges?
LaMelo around 35. Really like his game and think he will keep ascending. Wouldn't surprise me to see Ball make a Morant like jump next year.Miles Bridges...haven't really dug in to him. My gut reaction says somewhere between 100-150.
I have a hard time not seeing Herro in the top 75.
I still give Lebron some credit for past performance. And his efficiency was still superb.As a defacto GM, Lebron absolutely stunk. He deserves all the heat for that, but the man can still ball.
He's ranked 80th in VORP. Right above Pat Connaughton.
So because he's ranked 79 in this category, and Connaughton is at 80, are you saying they're essentially even players? I'm not a Herro fan but obviously not a single GM or knowledgeable fan would ever think these two guys have similar impact on a roster.
They are different players no doubt. Connaughton is a low usage role player, while Herro is a high usage (18th in the NBA) starter/role player. I would suggest that PC performs extremely well in his limited role, while Herro is up and down in his. Some games he excels, and some he struggles, leaving him with a VORP that puts him 80th and a PER around 112th. I mean of all those who average 20 minutes plus per game on Miami this year, his TS% is the second lowest. Don't get me wrong. The dude can get hot and carry them at times. But he also can have real bad stretches, which is why he ends up where he does. My guess is with time he will climb up the efficiency charts.
I'm not a stats/analytics guy but I do know that Herro is 1 of 25 guys or so that average 20 a night. My guess is if you look among the guards that average 20 points a game Herro's FG% is probably about average and his 3p and FT% above average. He's not a particularly good distributor, doesn't get to the line much, and can kick the ball away. But as far as the. "real bad stretches" my contention is that most perimeter guys in the league, who are high volume shooters averaging 20, have bad stretches. Off the top of my head: Young, Curry, Mitchell, Lillard, McCollum, Harden, Lavine, Van Vleet, Garland, Brown, Tatum, Booker, etc, etc, etc. They can all go brick city for extended periods of time. Now I'm not saying he's near the top tier of this group in his level of play but he still averages 20 and takes 15+ shots for a reason. I'd be curious if there is anyone else among the top 25 scorers that wouldn't be thought of as a top 75 player?
Not sure why you're fixated on "top 75," Muggs. What difference does it make?Herro's good at what he's asked to do. Let's not make him out to be something special yet. He's basically Terry Rozier -- and I don't say that as a slight; Rozier's a good player. We'll see if Herro justifies the payday he's gonna get.
Not sure why you're fixated on "top 75," Muggs. What difference does it make?Herro's good at what he's asked to do. Let's not make him out to be something special yet. He's basically Terry Rozier -- and I don't say that as a slight; Rozier's a good player.I'm not fixated, it just sounds unreasonable to me. Personally I don't care for Herro and hope he's terrible in the playoffs.We'll see if Herro justifies the payday he's gonna get.